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Robert Cunningham Graham Speirs or Spiers FRSE (1797–1847) was a 19th-century Scottish advocate and prison reformer. In later life he is largely referred to simply as Graham Speirs. He held the offices of Sheriff of Elgin and Moray from 1835 to 1840 and subsequently was Sheriff of Midlothian from 1840 until his death in
Nov 29, 2020 · Died: November 17 2020 in Haddington, aged, 93. Graham Speirs was appointed the first chief official of the ‘umbrella’ body set up to represent the interests of the new regional, district and...
Aug 18, 2024 · Spiers pinpoints the moment Scotsport started to go downhill was around the time the irrepressible Montford left in 1989. His stint in the pianist's chair was still to come.
Nov 28, 2020 · Graham Speirs was appointed the first chief official of the ‘ umbrella’ body set up to represent the interests of the new regional, district and island councils in 1975 following a radical redrawing of the local government map of Scotland.
Graham Spiers is a Scottish sports journalist who writes for the Scottish edition of The Times newspaper. He has won Scotland's Sports Journalist of the Year award four times. [1] Spiers grew up in Edinburgh, Fife and Glasgow, [2] and attended the University of St Andrews. [3] He worked as chief sportswriter at The Herald from 2001 to 2007. He ...
Sep 21, 2006 · On the 50th anniversary of Bill Struth's death, Graham Spiers pays tribute to the memory of the Ibrox legend. Herald and Times archive. BILL STRUTH died exactly 50 years ago today, on...
Scottish Advocate and Prison Reformer. Born Robert Cunningham Graham, he studied law and qualified as an advocate in 1820. In 1835 he became Sheriff of Elgin and in 1840 he became Sheriff of Edinburgh and remained in that role until death at the age of 50. In 1841 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of...
